Noun: Lambert-Eaton syndrome
- A disease seen in patients with lung cancer and characterized by weakness and fatigue of hip and thigh muscles and an aching back; caused by antibodies directed against the neuromuscular junctions
"The patient's Lambert-Eaton syndrome worsened as the cancer progressed";
- Eaton-Lambert syndrome, myasthenic syndrome, carcinomatous myopathy
Type of: disease of the neuromuscular junction
Encyclopedia: Lambert-Eaton syndrome